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Climate change continues to negatively impact our planet and a new study suggests that several salmon and trout species could vanish from California in the next 100 years. In the report published on Tuesday, May 16, researchers claimed that 23 out of the 31 salmon species found in the Californian waters would likely go extinct within the next century. What Is Causing The Decline In Salmon And Trout […]

By Vicki Krueger • May 17, 2017 Innovations can be analyzed so you can evaluate whether they will work at your organization. Here are some questions to ask when you are in the first phase of innovation: gathering ideas. Have you established realistic goals for this idea? Even if this idea had a positive outcome elsewhere, will it work at your organization? Is there a downside to […]

Google is opening its Instant App platform to all developers and embedding it into Android O–the latest version of the mobile operating systems. With the move, Google is likely to give business tech decisionmakers a bit more to think about. At Google I/O, execs outlined how developers can use Instant Apps to create mini applications that will improve interaction without downloading an app. Android O will have […]

Here is a selection of five charts that FT Markets believes are worth watching. A fresh chart will be added on a regular basis. 1. Wall Street hit by biggest slide since November US stocks suffered their worst trading day in eight months on Wednesday after political turmoil in Washington shook investors, with some fearing President Donald Trump’s ability to push through his pro-growth policies has been […]

Young Indonesians, frustrated by the country’s lack of progress (or even perceived regression in development) often invoke a refrain along the lines of, “While other countries are focusing on things like getting people to Mars, we are fighting over (religion / blasphemy / corruption etc).” It seems President Joko Widodo feels similarly. Yesterday, while speaking with the editorial heads of several major Indonesian media outlets, Jokowi mentioned that […]

MUMBAI Apple Inc has begun assembling its low-priced iPhone SE at its contract manufacturer’s plant in the technology hub of Bengaluru in southern India, the company said in a statement. Cupertino, California-based Apple, is keen to boost its market share in one of the world’s fastest growing mobile phone markets as sales lag in Asian powerhouse China. “We are beginning initial production of a small number of […]

Dubai-based Fetchr, a delivery-business and consumer technology app, has secured $41 million in a Series B financing round led by New Enterprise Associates Inc. (NEA), the start-up announced. The app addresses the “no address problem” in emerging markets, typically encountered by traditional companies delivering packages to customers. In a region where more than 80% of users have smartphones, fetchr is tackling delivery challenges by going directly to […]

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The vast majority of measles cases occurring in the United States can be put down to Americans who have traveled abroad without being immunized against the disease. Although measles has been officially eradicated in the United States since 2000, sporadic outbreaks continue to happen because unvaccinated people visiting foreign countries contract the disease elsewhere and bring back the virus upon returning home. This puts their families and entire […]

ABU DHABI // Teachers with a strong grasp of technology and more authority to control unruly classrooms are needed to improve the standard of education. That was the message for decision-makers at a public event aimed at giving an insight into the classroom. The Minister of State for Youth Affairs joined officials from the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) for a meeting with Emirati students about the […]

|By Arabian Post Staff| The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund has announced the creation of a new national military industries company. Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) will manufacture products and provide services across four business units: Air Systems, which includes maintenance and repair of fixed-wing aircraft as well as manufacturing and repair of unmanned air vehicles; Land Systems, which includes manufacturing and repair of military vehicles; Weapons & […]

Australian enterprise software provider TechnologyOne has announced its enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution has been certified to the highest standard by the federal government. According to TechnologyOne, it is the first and only company in the country to receive the certification from the government’s Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP), an initiative from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) aimed at providing high-quality IT services to government in support […]

Blizzard is preparing to celebrate the first anniversary of Overwatch through an upcoming event, a new edition of the game, and a weekend that will allow players to try it out for free. Overwatch, released on May 24, 2016, had an amazing first year. It quickly became one of the most popular multiplayer shooters in the world with its colorful characters and fast-paced gameplay, and continued to generate […]

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address at the 2017 Google I/O Conference, where he stressed the importance of artificial intelligence Google announced Wednesday it was bringing its digital assistant to Apple iPhones as part of its effort to win the battle with tech rivals on artificial intelligence. At its annual developers conference at an outdoor concert-venue near its main campus in Mountain View, California, […]

Call it the Trump fade? The so-called Trump trade captivated Wall Street after the surprise election of Donald Trump last November. After years of stagnant economic growth in the wake of the financial crisis, the prospect of Mr Trump’s pro-business agenda, combined with Republican control of both executive and legislative branches of the US government, breathed new life into the ageing equity rally, sent the dollar to […]

Mirai DNS Water Torture attack payload, with target domain names redacted Mirai DNS Water Torture distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks dominated the first quarter of 2017, a report from Akamai has found. According to Akamai’s State of the Internet/security Q1 2017 report, Water Torture attacks using this DNS query vector were first observed on January 11, 2017, targeting several of the company’s customers in the financial […]

Blizzard earned its reputation as one of the best game developers today well before Overwatch. Now, with year one in the bag, it’s time to take a look back at the year that was in Overwatch. Calling All Agents Overwatch released on May 24, 2016, after what seemed like an eternity in beta on the PC. Anyone who had gotten their hands on the game talked up the […]

By Joel Schectman | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON A bill proposed in Congress on Wednesday would require the U.S. National Security Agency to inform representatives of other government agencies about security holes it finds in software like the one that allowed last week’s “ransomware” attacks. Under former President Barack Obama, the government created a similar inter-agency review, but it was not required by law and was administered by the […]

Google has unveiled a new kind of standalone virtual reality headset that does not need to be wired to a PC or external sensors to offer more realistic graphics and movement tracking, in the hopes of kick-starting what has been sluggish consumer adoption of the technology. Device makers HTC and Lenovo are working with Google and chipmaker Qualcomm to launch the headsets starting later this year, Google […]

Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address of the Google I/O conference, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Mountain View, Calif. Google provided the latest peek at the digital services and gadgets that it has assembled in the high-tech tussle to become an even more influential force in people’s lives. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Google announced a lot of new bells and whistles Wednesday—several of which, it turns […]

Engineers have combined light and sound in a microscopy technique that could allow surgeons to determine — in the operating room — whether a tumor has been completely removed from a cancer patient, reducing the need for follow-up surgeries. (via WSJ)

This week’s 20th anniversary of Amazon’s initial public offering has thrown into sharp relief the stagnation of the US public equity listings market. Finger-pointing by some at the regulatory requirements of going public — which can be burdensome and costly for small companies — is now yielding to a discussion about longer-term headwinds such as the ready availability of private funding for young companies and the culture […]

By Foo Yun Chee | BRUSSELS BRUSSELS U.S. social network Facebook (FB.O) is set to be penalized by EU antitrust regulators for allegedly providing misleading data related to its WhatsApp acquisition three years ago, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The move by the European Commission will come after a six-month investigation and is expected to be a stiff warning to other companies facing […]

We all know — or, well, we should all know — how to block malware attacks. You don’t install unknown applications. You don’t open dodgy email attachments. And you don’t download files from strange websites. But then, there’s WannaCrypt, aka WannaCry. It starts by infecting you the old-fashioned way, but once it makes it on your network, it uses an out-of-date version of Windows’ Server Message Block […]

To say the legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm has been tense would be an understatement. The two companies have been after each other since January of this year, and it looks like the two are not showing signs of backing off or reaching a settlement. Qualcomm Fires Back On Wednesday, May 17 Qualcomm filed lawsuits against four Taiwan-based companies with ties to Apple. The companies in […]

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